Duchy of Croatia (810-988), Kingdom of Croatia (988-1804, 1868-1918), Independent State of Croatia (1941-1945), Republic of Croatia (1991-present)
Independent Country (810-1804, 1991-present), Kingdom within the Hungarian half of Austria-Hungary (1868-1918), Axis Puppet State (1941-1945)
Location: Northwest Balkans
Capital City: Nin (810-835, 910-925), Klis (835-864), Biaći (864-910), Knin (925-1097), Biograd (1097-1125), Zagreb (1125-1756, 1776-1804, 1868-1918, 1941-1945, 1991-present), Varaždin (1756-1776)
Government type: Monarchy (810-1918), Puppet Republic (1941-1945), Republic (1991-present)
Main languages: Serbo-Croatian
Main religions: Catholic Christianity
Chronology
810: Duchy of Croatia established
810-988: Frankish vassal
988: Duchy raised to a kingdom
1102-1804: In personal union with Hungary
1804: Part of the Austrian Empire as the separate Crown Lands of Croatia, Dalmatia, and Slavonia
1868: Croatia and Slavonia united as a reconstituted kingdom within the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary
1918: Part of the State of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, then Yugoslavia
1941: Independent State of Croatia created in the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, a puppet state under joint German and Italian (until 1943) suzerainty under Ante Pavelić's fascist Ustaše
1944: Croatia part of the Yugoslav resistance Democratic Federation of Yugoslavia (partial control)
1945: Fully restored to reconstituted Yugoslavia after the defeat of the Axis
1991: Independence from Yugoslavia
1991-1995: Croatian War of Independence
Currency
First Kuna (1941-1945)
1 Kuna = 100 Banica
Dinar (1991-1994)
Second Kuna (1994-2022)
1 Kuna = 100 Lipa
Euro (2022-present)
1 Euro = 100 Euro Cents
Coins from Croatia in the collection
Axis Puppet State (1941-1945)
•2 Kuna, 1941 (zinc, Zagreb mint, KM#2)
Republic (1991-present)
•1 Lipa, 1993 (aluminum, Sveta Nedelja mint, KM#3)
•1 Lipa, 1999 (aluminum, Sveta Nedelja mint, KM#3)
•5 Lipa, 2011 (brass-plated steel, Sveta Nedelja mint, KM#5)
•10 Lipa, 2011 (brass-plated steel, Sveta Nedelja mint, KM#6)
•20 Lipa, 1995 (nickel-plated steel, Sveta Nedelja mint, KM#7)
•50 Lipa, 1995 (nickel-plated steel, Sveta Nedelja mint, KM#8)
•1 Kuna, 1993 (nickel brass, Sveta Nedelja mint, KM#9.1)
•2 Kuna, 1993 (nickel brass, Sveta Nedelja mint, KM#10)
•2 Kuna, 2007 (nickel brass, Sveta Nedelja mint, KM#10)
•5 Kuna, 2010 (nickel brass, Sveta Nedelja mint, KM#23)
•5 Kuna, 2019 (nickel brass, Sveta Nedelja mint, KM#11)
Banknotes from Croatia in the collection
Axis Puppet State (1941-1945)
•1,000 Kuna, 1941 (P#4)
Republic (1991-present)
•1 Dinar, 1991 (P#16)
•5 Dinar, 1991 (P#17)
•10 Dinar, 1991 (P#20)
•100,000 Dinar, 1993 (P#27)
•10 Kuna, 1995 (P#36)